Alternative Medicine

Alternative or 'complementary' medicine is usually holistic - it takes into account the whole picture. Patients are treated as individuals, so two people with the same disease might be treated differently. It treats the cause of ill health, not just the symptoms. Alternative and complementary medicines can take longer than conventional treatments, with consultations of at least an hour when being assessed. Patients are expected to take part in their own cure, perhaps by modifying their lifestyle - especially in matters of diet, exercise and stress levels.

Leon Chaitow is a registered osteopath and naturopath, editor of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, and Honorary Fellow and former senior lecturer at the University of Westminster, London. Author of more than 60 books, including Holistic Pain Relief, he lectures internationally on both bodywork and general health topics from an integrated perspective. Learn More

Welcome to a diet unlike any you've seen before. This unique process has the ability to help you change your body - and your life - for good, by harnessing the power of your mind to get the weight-loss results you want, once and for all. In The Placebo Diet, life coach and nutritionist Janet Thomson explains that the key to losing weight is not calorie-counting and deprivation, but identifying and re-shaping your thoughts by utilizing the power of the placebo effect.
This extraordinary mind response occurs when we have an absolute belief that something will work, which generates a feeling so powerful that it changes our physiology, often spontaneously. The Placebo Diet incorporates a range of psychological techniques that will help you to change the structure of your thoughts towards food, generating brand new beliefs and habits. Combined with a simple-to-follow nutrition plan that will maximize fat loss and increase energy levels, you will change not only your body, but also your entire outlook on life. Learn More